Burner acts as your “other number” when you do not want to give out your actual phone number. Use Burner when you need to be in touch but free to disconnect. Users often use Burner for Craigslist, Etsy or online dating.

Addappt is an always up-to-date address book that updates instantly when friends change their contact information on their phone. Addappt remembers when you last communicated with contacts and when your contacts change their information.

Reviews: 141

Cost: Free

Ring Central

I like the text feature where I can text using a business phone number without disclosing my own cell number. I am planning to use the iPad as my business phone on an upcoming trip.

Wisely for Restaurants

Wisely for Restaurants is the best way to get recognized and rewarded at the restaurants you love. Earn VIP benefits, get priority reservations, and invitations to special events at your favorite restaurants with Wisely.

Reviews: 0

Cost: Free

Facebook Pages Manager

App works as advertised. The ability to view the pages feed would be of great help.

The Facebook Pages Manager helps admins connect with their audience and keep up with activity on multiple Pages all from the app. Access and reply to messages or comments, post updates or photos and view the latest Insights from your Pages.

Reviews: 53,691

Cost: Free

Salesforce1

Pretty fantastic how I know have a window into my entire business. Can’t believe how robust, easy to use and complete this app is.

Contacts journal CRM

Contacts Journal CRM is a powerful tool that will transform your business and personal relationships. Use it to save notes about important meetings, set follow-ups, create customer fields and attach important documents to each of your contacts.

Reviews: 894

Cost: Paid $19.99

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Pipedrive

Straight to the point and easy to follow and setup. You can get your sales team up quickly.

Nimble

Nimble is the only CRM that I’ve found which completely leverages the new social networking landscape. It has so many automated features it’s practically does your job for you while you sleep. I love it.

The Nimble app is the only relationship manager and personal agenda tool you need! Nimble combines your phone’s contacts and calendars with their rich company insights. View all of your present & upcoming events & tasks in a clear and concise view.

Reviews: 61

Cost: Free

Desk.com

Makes my life so much easier when on the go. I can just pop in and check on my cases or help our customers. A+!

Insightly, with over 900,000 users worldwide, is a great CRM & project management app for small and growing businesses. Insightly is loved by sales teams, marketers and entrepreneurs due to its ease of use, power and affordability.

Reviews: 149

Cost: Free

Documents Apps

SignEasy

Great app and easy to use !!! Would def recommend it to people all the go!!!!

SignEasy helps you sign documents securely and legally from your device or your desktop. Trusted by almost 3 million users, SignEasy is the simplest and fastest way to sign and fill out forms from your mobile device or smartphone.

Reviews: 9,917

Cost: Free with IAP

DocuSign

Quick. Easy. Useful. This app is a must have for anyone who needs to securely sign documents and doesn’t have time to chase down a fax machine or scanner.

DocuSign provides a simple and secure way to electronically sign documents and collect signatures. Eliminate the hassle and security of collecting signatures, printing, faxing or overnighting important documents.

Reviews: 11,660

Cost: Free with IAP

Scanbot

Scanbot is a perfect app for scanning everything, editing the scanned files, and uploading to cloud services.

Scanner Pro

Scanner Pro turns your device into a portable scanner. Just point your device’s camera at the document and you will be ready to go! The application will remove shadows, make scans sharper and correct perspective for you!

Use the Microsoft Word app to read Word documents for free. Images, tables, charts, and Smart Art footnotes look better than ever on the app. Users may also unlock the Word experience with an Office 365 account.

Reviews: 31,132

Cost: Free with IAP

TurboScan

TurboScan can turn your device into a full-feature scanner for documents, receipts, notes, photos, whiteboards and other text. TurboScan allows you to quickly scan your documents and send them as PDFs or JPGS.

Reviews: 21,895

Cost: Paid $3.99 – $4.99

Hiring Apps

Proven Hiring

Super fast, intuitive, to-the-point app that makes my recruiting team win a ton of the time.

The Proven Hiring app is the first hiring app to support job post distribution to all major job boards. You can import existing job descriptions from the Proven website, your email or dropbox. The app also provides handy job description templates to get you started.

Reviews: 15

Cost: Free with IAP

Hiring by Smart Recruiters

Hiring should be a collaborative process, and the SmartRecruiters app enables hiring teams to work together and make great hires.

SmartRecruiters Hiring App allows SmartRecruiter customers to manage and respond to candidates on the go, get real time updates on your team’s hiring activity, review and rate candidates, quick access to details on all upcoming interviews and make use of many other helpful hiring features.

Reviews: 38

Cost: Free

CareerBuilder for Employers

CareerBuilder for Employers allows businesses to access candidates from their applications or CareerBuilder’s Resume Database from anywhere, at anytime through existing CareerBuilder accounts. Receive the latest candidates, review their resumes and contact them directly from your iPhone.

Reviews: 33

Cost: Free

LinkedIn Recruiter

If you want a tool to quickly check in on the status of your recruiter account, reply to a message or two, and review projects that you put together during the day, then this app is perfect for you.

Snagajob for Employers

The Snagajob for Employers App allows employers to find the right applicants faster and easier. Employers can screen applicants with Visuality, access their ATS system and get the most applicants with 1-click apply.

Reviews: 0

Cost: Free

Hired for Employers

Being able to review Hired’s list of top-tier candidates and send interview requests directly on my mobile phone is awesome!

Hired connects employers to talented knowledge workers. Hired gives employers access to a pool of tech and sales candidates. Hired features “the full picture” upfront by featuring the candidate’s preferred compensation and all other outstanding offers.

Reviews: 6

Cost: Free

Invoicing Apps

Invoice 2go

Excellent app, AAA+++ I have 4 years using the app, never had a problem, almost 2000 invoices with no problem at all

Billings Pro helps businesses create professional invoices and track time, expenses and payments from any device. Billings Pro allows businesses to send estimates and collaborate with colleagues from the app.

Bonusly is a fun, personal recognition and rewards program that enriches company culture and improves employee engagement. Make recognition more impactful by connecting it to your company’s core values and giving visibility to everyone’s contributions.

Reviews: 200

Cost: Free

AdWords

The Google AdWords app helps you stay connected with your ad campaigns from anywhere using your device. You can view your ad’s performance from anywhere with this simplified companion to your desktop account.

Reviews: 32

Cost: Free

LogMeIn

The LogMeIn app gives subscribers remote access to PCs and Macs over Wi-Fi or mobile data. Use the LogMeIn app to remotely access and save your files, access and transfer photos, email attachments and much more.

Reviews: 23,771

Cost: Free

Deliveries

Deliveries is a package tracker that helps you keep track of all your packages so you always know when they’re going to arrive. Deliveries supports dozens of services, including UPS, FedEx ,USPS, DHL, Amazon, Apple and more.

Reviews: 4,402

Cost: Paid $4.99

Waze

Is that a normal traffic jam on the highway……or a massive delay? Now you can find out before it’s too late!

TapeACall Pro

TapeACall allows users to record incoming and outgoing phone calls for an unlimited amount of time. The recordings can then be easily downloaded to your computer, uploaded to Dropbox, Google Drive or Evernote.

Reviews: 1,763

Cost: Paid $9.99

Slice

I was hesitant at first to allow an app access into my email. But this app is amazing. It tracks my shipments and spending in 1 place.

Slice is a package tracker for an online shopper. It will give you push notifications on the status of your package, monitor for recall alerts and even help you get a refund on items with a low price guarantee.

LinkedIn

The LinkedIn App makes it easy to connect to the people and things that matter in your professional world. Use it to find people and jobs, get updates from your industry and events and to grow your network.

Reviews: 65,327

Cost: Free with IAP

Point-of-Sale Apps

Square Register

The Square Register App gives you everything you need to take payments and run your business. Use the Square app to keep track of sales and inventory in real time, manage employees and view analytics about your business.

Shopify POS

Shopify POS allows you to accept credit cards instantly, manage your online and in-store inventory, integrate with hardware from the Shopify store, track sales and use apps to help with marketing, shipping and accounting.

Reviews: 73

Cost: Paid $40.00 with IAP

Vend POS

I’ve tried every POS on the market. Vend is by far the best for any serious retailer.

Vend is a cloud-based point-of-sale and retail platform for small and medium businesses. More than just a POS, Vend comes with inventory management, reporting, and customer loyalty features to help you run a thriving retail business.

Reviews: 12

Cost: Free with IAP

PayAnywhere

I am really pleased to be able to efficiently process my customer payments with no monthly fees, paperwork or maintenance.

POS by Kounta

Kounta is a cloud-based POS system that combines ease of use with a robust set of features in order to power businesses of all sizes. Kounta integrates seamlessly with many accounting, payment, inventory and loyalty apps.

Reviews: 0

Cost: Free

Flint

App is very easy to use and has a lot of key features. Not profit I am treasurer of picked flint for its processor for its low fees and good ratings

Grammarly’s Mobile Keyboard is the personal editor you can take with you wherever you go. With hundreds of checks and features and seamless integration, Grammarly helps you type with ease in any app. Whether you’re sending an urgent email, important LinkedIn message, or essential Facebook post, you can write from your phone with confidence.

Reviews: 1,800

Cost: Free

Sunrise

This app is easy to use. It keeps me organized and on schedule! That’s huge for me.

Sunrise is a calendar app that connects with all your favorite apps like Facebook, Evernote, Foursquare, Tripit, Todoist, Trello and more. Sunrise automatically syncs between your phone, tablet and computer so you can access your calendar from anywhere.

Reviews: 18,277

Cost: Free

Trello

Trello makes sure you are organized and on top of everything. Use Trello to create boards to organize anything you are working on. Use checklists to keep track of things to do, comment on the status of projects and much more.

IFTTT or If This Then That allows users to create simple connections between apps like Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, Twitter, Gmail and more. You can also connect it to devices like your iPhone, Nest Thermostat, Fitbit and Philips Hue.

Reviews: 5,625

Cost: Free

Clear

Clear is exactly what I needed. Clear is the best and most simple to-do app on the App Store.

Clear is the revolutionary to-do and reminders app that makes you more productive. Use Clear to organize your life with lists and reminders that can be synced across devices.

Reviews: 7,247

Cost: Paid $4.99 with IAP

Pocket

For all those times that you see an interesting article at work, but don’t have time to read it. Pocket delivers. Clean interface, easy accessibility, fun tagging, it’s my go-to app when I’m commuting and want to read up on something.

Pocket allows users to save articles, videos or links to read or watch later. Pocket will sync across phone, tablet and computer so that a user can come back to their media whenever they like, even when offline.

Reviews: 20,064

Cost: Free with IAP

Fiverr

Fiverr gives users access to millions of people offering millions of amazing services starting at $5. Fiverr is home to a vast community of freelancers who can do anything from designing a logo to composing music!

Fiverr gives users access to more than one million freelancers who specialize in hundreds of services. Fiverr’s marketplace offers all kinds of services, from logo design to video animation starting at just $5 per assignment.

Reviews: 2,700

Cost: Free

Producteev

Producteev helps teams to be more productive with its simple yet powerful task management app. Use Producteev to create to-do lists, assign tasks, set due dates and reminders and get real-time updates on your devices.

Reviews: 1,438

Cost: Free

1Password

This is a rock-solid app to protect and fill in passwords–one of the best apps on my mobile and desktop computers. They all sync seamlessly.

Spark

Spark is an productivity app that helps users to go through their emails and inbox faster than ever before. Sparks is powerful, smart and easily customizable.

Reviews: 3,752

Cost: Free

Pushover

Seriously, I don’t know what I did before I found Pushover. Instead of sending everything to email, or writing my own apps just to get notifications, I can easily integrate all my services with Pushover and get streamlined notifications all from one place. Plus, did I mention the price? Five dollars. Forever.

Pushover is a simple push notification service that integrates easily into web apps like IFTTT, network monitoring systems, shell scripts and anything else that needs to send alerts to your iPhone, iPad, desktop and other mobile devices.

Reviews: 223

Cost: Free with IAP

Scheduling Apps

Deputy

Very good app. Does many things well. I employ about 16 people. The app gives me a record of my employees’ gps location when they clock in/out.

Square Appointments

Square Appointments allows you to manage your business anywhere. Clients can book appointments online and receive appointment reminders to reduce no-shows. Square Appointments also allows businesses to keep track of their calendar and receive payments.

TSheets

TSheets is the only time tracker app that offers an intuitive experience when clocking employees in and out, changing job codes and performing other time tracking and management actions on-the-go. It makes reporting time easy with daily and weekly totals.

Reviews: 41

Cost: Free

Toggl

Tracking time is super easy with Toggl. The app syncs with the site so it’s easy to start in one and finish in the other. All the reports are perfect. This is easy to use and flexible enough to modify times when you forget to turn it off. It will also send you reminders when you leave a task running for an unusual amount of time. Super useful!

TripIt allows users to organize all travel plans in one place. Simply forward your confirmation emails to TripIt and it will create a detailed itinerary for every trip!

Reviews: 28,697

Cost: Free with IAP

If you made it this far, pat yourself on the back because that was a huge list of great small business apps!

This list of the best small business apps is by no means comprehensive, so if you feel a great app is missing, please leave a comment and suggest one. If your business specializes in ecommerce, you can also check out this list of great Shopify apps.

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Thanks for this Sean. Starting my own business now and even though there are tons of software out there I started using some from your list. Wanted to add my two cents here as well. Since I drive for my business I needed to track my mileage and ended up finding Everlance (https://www.everlance.com). This can be really helpful for anyone else looking to keep the mileage expenses organized.